Friday, July 13, 2012

My Creative Time Guest Designer~Friday Tip of the Day

Hi Paper Lovers! I'm thrilled to pieces to be a Guest Designer for My Creative Time again. Especially since now that we know Emma's son Aaron is on the mend and getting stronger everyday!

Since Emma usually has her Friday Tip of the Day, I'm going to give a little tip. For today's project I wanted to create a card using clear cardstock. I have noticed that when trying to cut clear cardstock it doesn't alway cut all the way through. Could be because my blade needs to be replaced. But I have a simple fix, just cut it out twice, using multi cut function. Now I know this seems like a no brainer, however, sometimes even those that are experienced forget the simple stuff! :)

First thing I did was to fold in half thin white cardstock. Then I placed the hot air balloon die so the fold of the paper was just below the top cut line. Yes it will make the balloon flat on the top. This cut was glued inside the card. Then I stamped two balloons, one out of the blue and one out of the red. After cutting both images out I paper pieced them together.

After inking the balloon, I used glitter for the center. I glued the patteren paper balloon to the front of card directly over the white die cut. I also cut 3 clouds out of the vellum and placed 2 clouds on the front of the card in front and behind the balloon. And I also placed one on the inside of the card.

By placing the clouds on the front and on the inside, it creates alot of depth.

Liz ~ BEAUTIFUL card and LOVED the tip!!!! Of course I LOVE the paper! I totally forgot to put in my comment over at Emma's blog ~ prayers are still heading their direction! SO happy that Aaron continues to get stronger and healthier everyday!

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